Valmieras stikla skiedra establishes its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Laurens County

URLhttp://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140729-90370
SourceThe Wall Street Journal
Date Published07/29/2014
Mentions specific company case(s) of reshoring, kept from offshoring, or transplantYes

Additional Reshoring Information:

Company/Division name Valmeira Glass
Type of work Manufacturing
Reshoring category:Transplant
Total number of jobs (added or to be added):150
Year reshoring announced:2014
Year reshoring implemented or to be implemented:2015
Domestically, the work will be done:In-house
Capital investment ($):20
Country(ies) from which reshored:Latvia
City reshored to:Dublin
State(s) reshored to:GA
If relevant, work nearshored to:-
Industry(ies):Transportation Equipment
Product(s) reshoredFiberglass for automotive industry
What non-domestic negative factors made offshoring less attractive?Lead time/time to market
What domestic positive factors made reshoring more attractive?Automation/technology, Infrastructure, Skilled workforce availability/training
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